From 9b002039a0e3989490a9b74375f5a9bf45246ec0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shrividyahegde <shrividyahegde222@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:06:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] added Vader sentiment analysis methods for stronger
 analysis

---
 requirements.txt |  3 ++-
 src/sentiment.py | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6cadabb..bcc3435 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ pandas
 matplotlib
 requests
 textblob
-streamlit
\ No newline at end of file
+streamlit
+nltk
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sentiment.py b/src/sentiment.py
index b4e4be8..b1faacb 100644
--- a/src/sentiment.py
+++ b/src/sentiment.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import nltk
 from textblob import TextBlob
+from nltk.sentiment import SentimentIntensityAnalyzer
+nltk.download('vader_lexicon')
 
-
-def analyze_sentiment(text):
+def analyze_sentiment_tb(text):
     polarity = TextBlob(text).sentiment.polarity
     if polarity > 0:
         return "positive"
@@ -9,3 +11,34 @@ def analyze_sentiment(text):
         return "negative"
     else:
         return "neutral"
+
+
+def analyze_sentiment_vader(text):
+    vader_sentiment = SentimentIntensityAnalyzer()
+    polarity = vader_sentiment.polarity_scores(text)
+
+    if polarity["compound"] >= 0.05:
+        return "positive"
+    elif polarity["compound"] <= -0.05:
+        return "negative"
+    else:
+        return "neutral"
+
+
+def analyze_sentiment(text):
+    tb_result = analyze_sentiment_tb(text)
+
+    vader = SentimentIntensityAnalyzer()
+    vader_scores = vader.polarity_scores(text)
+    vader_result = analyze_sentiment_vader(text)
+
+    # If both methods agree, return that sentiment
+    if tb_result == vader_result:
+        return tb_result
+
+    # If they disagree, trust VADER when sentiment is strong
+    if abs(vader_scores["compound"]) >= 0.3:
+        return vader_result
+
+    # Otherwise, neutral
+    return "neutral"

From 5c4c730fcd3b4b63ecc8def075fe81f8e7c562d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shrividya Hegde <shrividyahegde222@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 21:08:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add black and nltk to requirements

---
 requirements.txt | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a7ef207..7603978 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ matplotlib
 requests
 textblob
 streamlit
+black
 nltk